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11128/01
TO: Truckee Donner Public Utilities District Board of Directors
RE: Water Facilities Ordinance Review
The Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CA TT) urges the TDPUD Board of
Directors to adopt Option #2 of the memorandum dated 1112/01, set forth by Peter
Holzmeister in regards to the review of Water Facilities Ordinance. This option
eliminates the application of facilities fees to additional living or floor space to existing
structures.
GATT, which represents nearly 200 local businesses, their families and employees,
feels the facility fee charge on additional floor space is an unfounded fee based on the
calculations performed in April 2001.
This ordinance, in its original conception, never figured on monies from additional living
or floor space to existing structures. The original proposal combined all the new
construction square footage during a certain period of time, divided it by the originally
proposed flat fee, resulting in a $1.56 a square foot fee. Additions and conversions
were never considered in the original proposal; therefore eliminating the fee causes no
negative effect on the overall facilities budget.
We urge the Board of Directors to adopt Option 2, to read:
"New development" shall mean construction of residential improvements, construction
of commercial, industrial, or other non-residential improvements, except the addition of
living or floor space to existing improvements, which involve the issuance of a permit
for construction or reconstruction.
Thank you for hearing our view,
Jo urns, GATT Executive Director